Fool's Gold
This is the first catalog in which I began recording around August of 2021. This one is the heavest of all of my catalogs. The name came from the fact that everyone that was listening to it at the time asked me when I got back into a band. I told them I didn't, it's music I put together on the computer, recording and playing my drums to it. Fooled everybody...as they say in comedy...that's classic Gold!
1-X Dream – Remix (Heavy Metal Key of E minor) - It had been many years since I played in a band. *This was remixed and mastered from the 2021 recording.
~Guitar, FX: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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2-Fight Fire with Fire (Twist of Fate) – Remix (Rock Key of B major) - Being kicked to the curb all the time but fighting back and coming out on top.*This was remixed and mastered from the 2021 recording. The drums were remixed and Keys /synth / fx) were added.
~Guitar / synth/keys / fx: wav clips.
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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3-Ghost Night [The Rider] (Heavy Progressive Rock Key of E major) - At the time, I was in Quarantine in my room with covid. I brought my computer and midi and monitors with me for the week. I had no Idea what I was going to do with collecting files. Went to sleep that night and had a dream I was on a motorcycle "Riding" through some eerie creepy back road...thus it was a "Ghost Night".
~Guitar, Keys/synth, FX: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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4-Seven Seas (Progressive Rock Key of D major) - Living here on the ocean, I had gone down to the beach dock and was just listening to the ocean waves beating on the rocks. The patterns seemed to change as time went on. It was kind of calming but also at times could be audibly annoying.
Guitar: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Keys/Synth/FX on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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5-Sudden Impact (Progressive Rock Key of E) - The cause and effect of being blindsided.
~Guitar, Bass, FX: wav clips
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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6-The Sheep We Fear (Progressive Rock Key of C) - The fear of going to sleep because of having constant unrelenting nightmares.
~Guitar: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Keys/Synth on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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7-Runner Up- (Progressive Rock Key of F) - The insecure feeling like you’re not good enough.
~Guitar, FX: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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8-Internal Idol (Progressive Rock Key of A) - Egotistical Narcissist.
~Guitar, Calliope, FX: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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9-The Curse of Apathy- (Progressive Rock Key of E) - This song has a dark feel to it. It's about this generation and the total disconnect, a wall of silence and indifference that’s difficult to break through. Disconnection from close and extended family members. Many are even disconnected from nature, society and from God. Whilst having more information than ever, technology and globalization have created more alienation, loneliness, depression and self-centeredness.
~Guitar: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Keys/Synth on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit
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10-City of Chaos (Progressive Rock Key of D minor) - Revolving around the chaos of the big city life and how once you are caught up in it how it takes over your life (the end is the sounds from a Piccadilly pub in the streets of London)
~Guitar: wav clips
~Me: Bass guitar on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Keys/Synth on Arturia Keylab 49 midi
~Me: Drums: Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drum kit* This was remixed and mastered from the 2021 recording. The drums were remixed and Keys /synth / fx) were added.
